I live in Marston, Oxford, and, like Joanna Bagniewska (Letters, 25 April), I am frustrated by the halving of our bus service into town. But behind the reduced service lies a serious post-Brexit shortage of drivers. The Oxford Bus Company is so desperate that it advertises on its buses: “Lonely bus eagerly seeking new driver. Single decker, with drive, would like to meet companion for travel.”
Clare Addison
Oxford
• Among the many lessons that must be learned from the tragic case of Lola James, who was beaten to death by her stepfather (Man who murdered two-year-old Lola James jailed for at least 28 years, 25 April), I am left wondering about training for judges, who described this as “completely unprovoked”. In what world would any child “provoke” an attack from an adult?
Cathy Sharp
Edinburgh
